Lity in Eastern Christianity
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For the brief memorial service, see Lity (Orthodox memorial service).
The Lity or Litiyá (Greek: Λιτή(Liti), from litomai, "a fervent prayer")[1] is a festive religious procession, followed by intercessions, which augments great vespers (or, a few times a year, great compline) in the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic churches on important feast days (and, at least according to the written rubrics, any time there is an all-night vigil[2]). Following a lity is another liturgical action, an artoklasia, and either of these terms may be used to describe both liturgical actions collectively.